I’ve been away at Glass Camp at Austin Texas’ Blue Moon Glassworks with Jim and Rose Berry. What a blast! I was invited to come visit and learn how to fuse, and make stained glass pieces. While I was there, I also taught a lampworking class.
But I wanted to show you one of the things I learned how to do. I made a slumped plate with Jim’s help. He taught me how to cut glass. (I knew how to melt it, but not cut it properly) so a small square plate was decided upon for my first project.
So I chose lime green and bright blue glass for the base.
I wanted to add something else into it that I already knew how to do. So I made a very large murrini, which would remind you of a frozen cookie dough log made out of glass. Jim sliced it into rounds with his saw and then I cut them in half, which gives me that watermelon slice look that decorates the plate.
I also made some flat striped stringer and cut it into small pieces for the confetti on the plate. Oh what fun combining my torch work and the fusing.
After the glass squares and decorations were fused flat, then it was ready to be slumped.
Jim took care of that for me. The square was laid over a slumping mold of a plate that has its corners facing up.and here is a shot of how it turned out.
I was delighted with it. In fact, it was chosen as one of the photographed pieces to be featured in Blue Moon Glasswork’s local holiday advertising. That made me smile.
So my next post will show you some of the other glass related techniques that I learned while visiting. I couldn’t believe how quickly time flew by, but I’m happy to report that I’ve been invited to return to round two of Glass Camp. I can’t wait for that to happen.
Marcy Lamberson loves exploring glass of all sorts. She can be found blogging daily, and her StudioMarcy shop on Etsy.